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Chapter 68 The Science of Wisdom: Wisdom, Wit and Prudence 5
Innovators live, sticklers die
If a man acts in a cautious, patient manner, and the time and circumstances are right for his action, he will succeed; It usually fails because he doesn't change his mind according to the actual situation. ...If a person can change his character with the development of time and events, then fate will not betray him, and he will get everything he wants.

——"Chapter 25 How Powerful Fate Is in the World and How to Fight It"

In order to cope with the ever-changing society, he constantly changes himself, always follows the footsteps of the times, and has the spirit and ability of innovation. This kind of person can always walk on the wave of the times, and can often give full play to his strengths and make brilliant achievements. cause.

The reason why many famous people can get the general attention of the society is that they never let themselves become lazy, but they are one step ahead of others to grasp pioneering things or predict what may happen, and then make brilliant achievements that can lead fashion and trends .For example, the world-renowned French fashion designer Pierre Cardin is just a genius who is good at adventure and innovation, and he can be called a man of the world today.

Pierre Cardin was born in a poor family, and he has cultivated a strong will not to be discouraged and to fight hard since he was a child.In order to escape poverty and war, he left his hometown with his family when he was 2 years old; he gave up his studies at the age of 14 and became an apprentice in a small local tailor shop; he left home alone at the age of 16. To make a living, he worked as a store clerk, an accountant for the Red Cross, and even a domestic servant.But the suffering experience did not obliterate his inherent nature. He showed a talent for fashion design in his childhood and completed his first fashion work at the age of 7.

After brewing for many years, the ideal fireworks finally found a breakthrough.After World War II, Pierre Cardin came to the coveted flower capital Paris and became an outstanding senior fashion designer.However, he was not satisfied with this, and he wanted to accept a new challenge, which was to take the first step of independent operation and run a theater in Paris.The reality is cruel. Although Kadan, who knows nothing about business, had the support and help of several friends, he still failed to avoid the heavy blow of failure. body", when Kadan was only 28 years old.Kadan, who suffered a defeat, did not feel depressed and depressed, but burst out with more vigorous fighting spirit.Before long, Cardin started a tailor.He redoubled his efforts, and with his rich imagination, he designed many fashionable and unique fashions in the ready-to-wear industry, and soon regained his vitality. In 1950, Cardin poured all his savings and opened the first theater costume company. This is where Cardin showed his talents and also the starting point for the rise of the Cardin Empire.

The road to entrepreneurship is full of thorns. Only those who are indomitable and tenacious can reach the peak of success. Pierre Cardin's extraordinary experience has shown people that he is such a successful person who is not afraid of loneliness, takes risks and dares to be the first.If a person does not even have the courage to challenge himself and others, he can only remain silent and become cowardly; if a person does not intend to use his brain to try and innovate, mediocrity will inevitably follow him.

The famous toy tycoon Robert dropped out of college in his third year.At the age of just 3, he began selling various styles of "soft sculpture" dolls he created in his hometown of Cleveland, Georgia, while working at the gift shop in nearby Dojo Lee National Park.

However, Robert, who could not even pay the rent and was impoverished, has now become one of the richest young people in the world.It's all thanks to an idea that popped up at a country fair craft fair.At the exhibition, Robert set up a booth, lined up his dolls, and kept changing the smaller dolls in his hands. He introduced to passers-by that "she is a quick-tempered girl" or "she doesn't like red bean cakes." .In this way, he anthropomorphized the doll, and unknowingly made one after another business.

Soon after, some buyers wrote to Robert, telling their "children"-the problems after the dolls were bought back.

At this moment, an amazing idea suddenly flooded into Robert's mind.Robert suddenly thought: What he wants to create is not a doll at all, but a "child" with character and soul.

In this way, he began to name each doll, wrote the birth certificate, and insisted that "future adoptive parents" should take an adoption oath, which read: "I, so-and-so, solemnly swear that I will be the most reasonable person. Parents who provide everything the child needs, manage it with heart, love and raise him with most of my affection, educate him to grow up, and I will be the sole adoptive parent of this doll.”

Tens of thousands of customers were deeply attracted by Robert's whimsical ideas, and the total sales of his "kids" soared to 30 billion US dollars.

It was that amazing conception that made Robert so brilliant.A small idea can make a huge fortune, it depends on whether you want to use your brain or not.Although everyone's ability to innovate is different, not all ideas are top-notch, and miracles are not all possible, but people should still think positively. Taylor, the "father of the American hydrogen bomb", uses his brain to come up with 10 new ideas almost every day, and nine and a half of them may be incorrect. However, he relies on many "half correct" ideas to continuously create miracles of success.

"Innovators live, sticklers die", this is a truth proved by countless facts.Many people who have achieved great achievements just don’t understand this law, and they stop moving forward after a little achievement.

Good fortune is always willing to patronize a man who can change his style and method of doing things with time and the development of events.

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